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Controversy around Priapus father (the Son of Aphrodite)

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Does anyone have insight on who is father was? Aphrodite is considered to be Priapus’s mother, but there is controversy as to who his father was. Was it Zeus? Pan? Adonis? Dionysus? Most do credit Dionysus, but there is a case for each of them.
 
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Does anyone have insight on who is father was? Aphrodite is considered to be Priapus’s mother, but there is controversy as to who his father was. Was it Zeus? Pan? Adonis? Dionysus? Most do credit Dionysus, but there is a case for each of them.
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Priapus is a Greek name for the Egyptian god Min(-os) [Pan/Capricorn] and linked to Prajapati
['progeny-lord'],a name for Brahma. Min and Pan are to be linked with the Mesopotamian god Tammuz [ Adonis].Pan was the son of Hermes [ Haoma/Soma] and Penelope. Haoma is the Taurus constellation. Perseus constellation is Mithras. Europa Hellotis is Athena [Hellotis/Penelope].
 
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